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Dominik Monitoring Da’Quan Bowers On Twitter

July 7th, 2011

No stone goes unturned when it comes to rockstar Bucs general manager Mark Dominik scouring the universe to learn about players.

Asked today on The Dan Patrick Show for any kind of update on the somewhat mysterious million-dollar knee belonging to second-round pick Da’Quan Bowers, Dominik said his hands are tied during the lockout when it comes to monitoring and managing Bowers’ injury and rehabilitation. But that hasn’t stopped Dominik from using all angles, so he told guest host Mike Florio, of ProFootballTalk.com.

“I wish there was more that we could do. I follow him on Twitter,” Dominik said, referring to Bowers and trying to gain any knowledge of his progresss.

Dominik went on to say, from various media reports, Bowers is “obviously” doing what he’s supposed to be doing.

Interestingly, Dominik said Bowers had been rushing his rehab earlier in the year and when the lockout was briefly lifted the Bucs used that time to advise Bowers to “calm down and work on strength over conditioning.”

Dominik went on to repeat his we-know-knees confidence in his training staff, referring to the team’s success with Kellen Winslow and Cadillac Williams.

Joe had to laugh when Dominik said he follows Bowers on Twitter. Knowing all the ridiculous personal information players are Tweeting, Joe just can’t imagine Dominik sifting through all that BS.

I love a good blog but hate the twits who obsess with Twitter. What sort of idiocy have we descended into that we believe anything worth communicating can be expressed in 140 characters? I can’t even fart in less than 140 characters. Is that worth listening to? What a dumbass Beavis & Butthead culture we’ve become.

I love a good blog but hate the twits who obsess with Twitter. What sort of idiocy have we descended into that we believe anything worth communicating can be expressed in 140 characters? I can’t even fart in less than 140 characters. Is that worth listening to? What a dumbass Beavis & Butthead culture we’ve become.

Twitter is what you make it out to be. If you follow the OchoStinkos, Paris Hilton’s of the world, then you get crapola.

If you follow well-informed, reasoned people, you’ll be the smartest person on the block. No different than someone who reads the National Enquirer over the Wall Street Journal. Just because someone reads the National Enquirer doesn’t mean libraries should be shut down and anything printed on paper is worthless.

Joe…I guess in your profession it could come in handy for news bytes. I was more referring to the culture that’s been formed around it in general. Since I’m not in the media or affected by it even indirectly (like Dominik for example) it’s just more an annoyance than an asset. Just my take.